The cop and the anthem鉴赏.docVIP

PAGE PAGE 1 ⅠAbout the author O.henry originally named William Sydney Porter, who is one of famous short-story writer in America. His short, simple stories are noted for their careful plotting, ironic coincidences, and surprise endings. So some critist may think his stories as shallow and contrived,but in my opinion nothing can be perfect and his disadvantage also become his advantage.he did catch the color and movement of the city and show his gift in describing the genuine psychology of ordinary people,especially the poor ones. ⅡSummery of the work The cop and the anthem is a very simple but funny story. The main character is called Soapy, who is a homeless men and also a member of the substantial army of underclass men and women who had flocked to New York City during the earliest years of the twentieth century. The time is located at a late fall. It is becomimg more and more cold for a homeless person, so Soapy plans to go to jail for a shelter by doing something bad. He therefore develops a series of tactics intended to encourage the police to classify him as a criminal and arrest him. In fact, this plan itself is very funny, but the more funny thing is- however he do some bad things that the cop do not care about him and find logical reasons for his bad doing. At last,the most funny thing is when he gives up creat crimes and wants to become a good person, the cop put him into jail for no logical reason! What a surprise ending! ⅢFeatures of the work There are four main feature of this work, which is ironic coincidences, black homor language, and full of contrast, and short surprising ending. The short story is full of ironic coincidences, which is mainly reflected at the series of trategies to catch the cop’s attention. At first, he tried to go have dinner and not pay. The upper class restaurant looks down upon him and refuse to serve him. A waiter threw him out. Then he threw a brick through a window. Officer didn’t believe he did it because he didn’t run a